KUHN FC3160TCD - Troubleshooting Guide

12. - Troubleshooting guide
FC3160TCD-3560TCD-4060TCD
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KN284DGB B
Mower conditioner
12. Troubleshooting guide
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 Problem  Cause  Remedy
Uneven stubble.
Dull or broken knives. Replace knives.
Knives not installed
correctly.
Make sure the arrow on
the knife upper face is
pointing in the disc's
direction of rotation.
Excessive ground speed. Reduce ground speed.
Incorrect cutting height. Adjust the cutting height.
Incorrect mowing unit
floatation.
Adjust the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Tangled and down crops.
Reduce cutting height.
Increase the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Soil build up in front of the
cutterbar.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Very wet working
conditions.
Adjust the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Adjust the cutting height.
Obstruction of conditioning
rotor.
Insufficient rotor speed
(rotational frequency).
Adjust the finger
conditioning rotor speed.
Too low PTO speed
(rotational frequency).
Check PTO speed. Refer
to the decal fitted on the
machine.
Swath shields too closed. Open swath shields.
Badly shaped windrows.
Too low PTO speed
(rotational frequency).
Check PTO speed. Refer
to the decal fitted on the
machine.
Rotor speed too high.
Select the turtle position to
obtain a rotor speed of 780
min
-1
.
Incorrectly adjusted swath
shields.
Adjust both swath shields.
Machine requires too
much pull power.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Rotor finger rattle.
Insufficient rotor speed.
Select the rabbit position
to obtain a rotor speed of
1000 min
-1
.
Conditioning hood is too
closed.
Position rotor conditioning
hood further away.
Excessive ground speed. Reduce ground speed.